Draft:Baby Driver (song)
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Comment: There is need more verification and significance for this song to meet notability criteria. It can be written as a section under the album Troubled Water if there are no other sources to proof notability. Tesleemah (talk) 09:13, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
| "Baby Driver" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Simon & Garfunkel | |
| from the album Bridge over Troubled Water | |
| A-side | "The Boxer" |
| Released | January 26, 1970 |
| Recorded | November 9, 1969[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:13[3] |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Simon |
| Producer(s) | |
"Baby Driver" is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel from their 1970 album Bridge over Troubled Water.[4]
Background
[edit]The song includes sounds and vocals reminiscent of the American surf rock band The Beach Boys as well as absurd syllables.[5][6]
Alternate versions
[edit]The mono version present on the single is slightly different then the version on the Bridge over Troubled Water.
Lyrics
[edit]The lyrics talk about a man who is content with his life, but then decides to have his first sexual experience.[7]
Legacy
[edit]The song's title was the inspiration of a movie of the same name.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ The Essential Simon & Garfunkel (booklet). Columbia, Legacy. October 14, 2003.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Bennighof 2007, p. 47.
- ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 29, 1969. p. 72. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ^ Eliot 2010, p. 259.
- ^ Bennighof 2007, p. 48.
- ^ Charlesworth 1997, p. 52.
- ^ Ebel 2004, pp. 66–67.
- ^ Hughes, William (May 26, 2017). "Edgar Wright and The Rock present: The Simon And Garfunkel Song Title Cinematic Universe". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
Sources
[edit]- Bennighof, James (2007). The Words and Music of Paul Simon. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-99163-0.
- Charlesworth, Chris (1997). "Bridge Over Troubled Water". The Complete Guide to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5597-2.
- Ebel, Roswitha (2004). Paul Simon: seine Musik, sein Leben (in German). epubli. ISBN 978-3-937729-00-8.
- Eliot, Marc (2010). Paul Simon: A Life. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-43363-8.